Shingle-package



K. E E R A G M, m o .I .0

SHINGLEAPAOKAGB.

' Patented Aug. 14, 1894.

Witnesses.

PACKA'GE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of. Letters Patent No. 524,479, dated August 14, 1894. Appllcatloii filed December 14, .1893. Serial No. 93,711. (Ho model.)

To a. whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, MORGAN J. CARKFEK, a citizen of the United States, residing atSeattie, in the county of King and Stateof Washrugton, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle-Packages;-and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as 'will enable others skilled in the art 1:; to which "it appertains to make and use the same.

My improvement consists of a bunch of shingles so constructed as to attain the utmost economy of space for purposesof transportatlon'and shipment; the bunch being not only so constructed as to be' compact, but also securely bonded together, thus rendering it better fitted for standing the rough usage of many handlings and transportation for long 20. distances without being liable to fall to pieces or become disarranged. The bunch is so construc'te'd that it will occupy less space than a hunch otherwise constructed and containing the same number of shingles, and which when piled with other bunches of the same kind will fit together so as to more completely fill the space occupied in car or vessel, leaving less-unoccupied space than when otherwise formed. v o In the drawings Figure 1, is an elevation of the side ofimy improved shingle package and Fig. 2, a representation of a number of bunches piled up showing the manner in which the bunches fit together. In forming my-improved bunch theshingles are-packed in the .bunchwi-th the butts at either end and with the tips lapping each. other and interwovenfin the center of the bunch beingin this respect similar to the o usual bunch of shingles. A certain number of the outer layers of shingles, being three as shown in the drawings, are given a uniform increased lap so as to form a recess, rabbet,

or notch D, at each of the four end corners of the bunch. The number of layers so insetand the amount of inset may vary somewhat, the objectof thus making the bunch'being I to formwith the bunch adjacent on the end, a recess for the reception of the binding strip of the bunch which is placed upon them as is shown in Fig. 2. This check, recess or Although the features thus rabbet wouldbe in depth measured across V the shingle, not less than the thickness of the. binding strip and in thicknessmeasured lengthwise of the shingles not less than half the width of the binding strip. It may, but a need not,exceed this jminimum but; should not be less than this. i

The binding strips B, which may be of any a usual or desired formshould be placed across thebunch as near as possible in the centerof its length so that the bunches when piled upon. each other will fit together accurately. The binding strips B, and metal band C, shownin the drawings'are' those most commonly used. The bands maybe secured to the strips'by short nails which penetrate the strips only or, as I prefer to do, by nails long enough to penetrate the outer layer or layers of shingles. The latterwill more securely fix the binding strip at the center of the bunch so that it will not be solikely to be moved therefrom.-

far described may be applied to a bunch of'the-usual length- I prefer to reduce considerably the length of the bunch by giving the layers of shingles more lap in the center. Thissecures two results; first, the bunch is shortened and made more compact without increasing the thick- 8o ness of the endsthus economizing space, and second, the amountof lap may be so adjusted as to make the outer corners (Land-the outer edge of the binding strip come .on a straight line so that there will be an even bearing on three points when the hunch is laid on a smooth surface. This insures a firm bearing for the bot-tom layer of bunches so that when 7 others are piled thereon they will not be strained or loosened by the weight of the su- 9o perimposed shingles acting to press down either the ends or the center as either might be the thicker. The increased la-p also makes thebunch more firm and less likely tobe loosened and broken up in handling.

In shipping shingles'long distances as from the Pacific coastto the Eastern or Middle States these are important features as they are likely to be trans-shipped one or more times before reaching their destination, be too sidesbeing subject to numerousshocks while in the cars. The limit to the capacity of thecars is also found in thebulk of the load and not in its weight. The saving in the bulk by 'this method over the ordinary method of tains the advantage in drying of thesmall air ing of the shingles'at the point where it is mostneeded namely at the butts where they space between the. layers of shingles extend ing from the tips of the shingles of one side to the butts of the shingles of-theother side. This small triangular space beingof the same width at the'base and of much less height makes the angle of divergence of the butts Of contignouslayers of shingles more obtuse thanln the ordinary bunch and consequently facilitate the circulation of air and the dryare't-he thickest. It has been found by expename that the tips of the shingles even where they are lapped by each other and tightly bound will dry out-before the butts which are somewhat looser'bound,

Having-thus described my invention, what I"claim, 'and desire to secure-by Letters Pat- "1 The herein described bunch 5r shingle s composed of superimposed layers of shingles having theirbutts at vopposite ends of the package isirom twenty-five to bunch and their tips Overlapping, with sutfi cient' ot the outer layers of shingles overlapping more than the others to form-a. recess; rabbet or notch at each of thefo'u'r end cor-'35 ners of the bunch which ina crosssection is approximately-that of one half the binding strips, and having bindingstripslsec ured across the two sides of the bunch at the center of itslength, substantially as shown and -0.

described.

2. The herein described bunch of shingles composed of superimposed-layers of shingles overlapping each other'in the center andhavs ing their butts to each end'of the bunch with binding stripsacross the centerof the bunch and bands for securing them toeach other,' snificient of the outer layers of shingles hav ing a greater lap than theother shingles to j form a recess at each of the fourcorners of. 5.0 the bunch which is invcros's-secti'onat least one half thatof the binding strip and to bring.

the end corners'of the bnnchiand thexoute'rT edge of the binding strips in astraightline substantially as shown and described. 5 5 Intestimony whereof I ahi'x mysign'ature I in presence of two witnesses.

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T Witnessesf 1 I v THOMAS BURKE,

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